If this could be done in the USA my brother would be alive today. He needed a liver transplant. When the doctors agreed to take half of mine he succumbed to a fatal infection after the operation. It took almost a year for the transplant team to agree to take part of mine. If it could have been done earlier or if he could have paid the family of a deceased individual for a liver he would be alive.
These insane policies are killing people!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am sorry about your brother & wish things had worked out for you - that is truly tragic.
However, the controversy in the story above is that poor people in India were being kidnapped/abducted off the street, drugged and their kidneys removed without their knowledge beforehand or their consent to be transplanted into wealthy foreigners who would pay big $$$$$.
This Dr. Kumar was involved in it.
I was wondering about that too, but here’s what I found:
Owner Of Black Market Kidney Ring Detained
In Nepal (AP)- The leader of a black market kidney ring is being sent back to India. Amit Kumar is wanted for removing hundreds of kidneys from poor laborers often at gunpoint.
It is said that Kumar’s ring has sold over 500 kidneys to clients from all over the world. Police found Kumar with a waiting list of 49 more individuals.
Kumar’s clinics spanned over 5 states, one of which was raided in January. It was discovered that this operation involved four doctors, several hospitals, twenty-four nurses, paramedics and a car laboratory.
After breaking up this clinic in New Delhi, Kumar fled to a top jungle resort in Nepal where he was arrested, and is now being extradited back to India.